Isaiah Thomas vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams and Isaiah Thomas, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Isaiah Thomas played 12 years in the NBA, 9 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. Isaiah Thomas had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Jalen Williams had his rookie season in 2022-23. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Isaiah Thomas	Jalen Williams
Season	2011-12	2022-23
Team	Sacramento Kings	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaiah Thomas	65	25.5	11.5	0.7	1.8	2.6	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.9	3.9	8.8	.448	1.3	3.4	.379	2.4	2.8	.832
difference:	+10	+4.8	+2.6	+0.4	+1.6	+1.9	+0.8	+0.6	+0.4		-0.6	+1.6	+1.8	+.073	+0.3	+0.7	+.023	+0.3	+0.3	+.020
Jalen Williams	75	30.3	14.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	1.6	2.5	5.5	10.6	.521	1.0	2.7	.356	2.1	2.5	.812
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Isaiah Thomas nor Jalen Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Isaiah Thomas	Jalen Williams
Season	2013-14	2024-25
Team	Sacramento Kings	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaiah Thomas	72	34.7	20.3	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.6	6.9	15.2	.453	1.8	5.1	.349	4.8	5.7	.850
difference:	+3	+2.3	+1.3	+0.2	+2.2	+2.4	+1.2	+0.3	+0.6	-0.8	-0.3	+1.3	+1.7	+.031		+0.2	+.016	+1.4	+1.4	+.061
Jalen Williams	69	32.4	21.6	0.9	4.5	5.3	5.1	1.6	0.7	2.2	2.3	8.2	16.9	.484	1.8	4.9	.365	3.4	4.3	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Isaiah Thomas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Williams	23	34.6	21.4	1.0	4.5	5.5	4.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.7	17.2	.449	1.5	5.0	.304	4.4	5.6	.789

Additional Years
* Isaiah Thomas played 9 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 12, from 2015 to 2024—Isaiah Thomas played in 4 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Jalen Williams, Isaiah Thomas got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game